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Jerez GP – Race- Tough but determined race for Stoner and Marco
News
30/03
2008
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It certainly wasn’t an easy Grand Prix of Spain for the two Ducati Marlboro Team riders at the tricky Jerez circuit but a show of character and determination. For Casey Stoner, who was never completely comfortable with the set-up of his GP8 all weekend, his desire to give 100% combined with a touch of bad [...]

Jerez GP – Qualifying- Difficult qualifying for Marco at Jerez
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29/03
2008
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Marco will start from the sixth row of the grid in tomorrow’s Grand Prix of Spain after a particularly demanding qualifying practice for the Ducati Marlboro Team at Jerez.
Marco’s day was even tougher as the Italian tried to turn around a disappointing start to his season at the most hostile circuit on the calendar for [...]

Jerez GP – Free Practice – Steady start for Marco in Jerez
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28/03
2008
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Marco lapped fifteenth fastest on the first day of free practice at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain.
Marco remains a long way from the ideal set-up after working with the race setting he found so effective in Qatar, which has proved to be less so at the Spanish circuit.
MARCO (Ducati Marlboro Team) 15th fastest -  [...]

Ducati Marlboro team return to Europe for Spanish classic
News
21/03
2008
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After a fantastic opening to the 2008 season under the floodlights of Qatar, where the Losail circuit played host to another masterclass from Casey Stoner, MotoGP returns to Europe this weekend for one of its classic fixtures – the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez de la Frontera.
Marco heads to Spain after finding a good feeling [...]

Casey e Marco join Bridgestone tyre launch in Jerez
News
18/03
2008
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A few days after the opening MotoGP event of 2008 in Qatar, Casey and Marco attended the international media launch of the new Bridgestone Battlax BT-016 tyre, which uses tyre technology derived from MotoGP to produce a tyre that gives high-level grip performance in braking, cornering and acceleration.
Casey, fresh from his race win at the [...]

Qatar Race: Marco battles hard
News
09/03
2008
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Marco produced a determined performance, overcoming the problems he has encountered over the weekend and setting a good pace – especially in the second half of the race. In the end he picked up solid points with eleventh place.
MARCO- 11th (Ducati Marlboro Team)
“I got a great start but a couple of riders got in [...]

Qatar GP – Qualifying: Marco on the fift row
News
08/03
2008
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Marco was nowhere near as satisfied after only managing the 16th fastest time on qualifying tyres. Marco is hoping for a much better showing in the race.
MARCO – (Ducati Marlboro Team) 16th; 1′56.730
“Unfortunately there’s not much to say about today because things haven’t gone well. We’ve tried a lot of things but nothing has had [...]

Qatar GP – Free Practice UPDATING Marco working on improvements
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07/03
2008
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Marco made a promising start but was unable to improve as he had hoped.
Marco improved but it wasn’t enough to hang on to eleventh place on the time sheets after his performance in the opening practice.
Final free practice times
MARCO, 15th fastest: 1.57.091

Qatar GP – Free Practice 1 Marco making progress
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07/03
2008
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Marco picked up where he left off in the test here, using the first hour to immediately get onto the same pace that he’d set just over a week ago.
Slightly warmer temperatures compared to that test and the sand that has blown onto the circuit since then made for a slippery surface, which made life [...]

First night race in MotoGp history opens 2008 season in Qatar
News
03/03
2008
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Just a few days after completing their preseason testing schedule in Qatar, the Ducati Marlboro Team return to the Losail International Circuit this weekend to begin their defence of the MotoGP World Championship. Sunday 9th March 2008 will go down in history as the date that a Grand Prix took place at night for the [...]